svietas

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śwaitas, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt-. In this case, most likely a Slavic borrowing, likely from Old East Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ). Compare Samogitian sviets.

Noun

svíetas / sviẽtas m stress pattern 1 or 2 (obsolete)

  1. world, earth (in the meaning of "world")
    Synonyms: (modern terms) pasaulis, žemė

Declension

svíetas (1):

Declension of svíetas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) svíetas svíetai
genitive (kilmininkas) svíeto svíetų
dative (naudininkas) svíetui svíetams
accusative (galininkas) svíetą svíetus
instrumental (įnagininkas) svíetu svíetais
locative (vietininkas) svíete svíetuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) svíete svíetai

sviẽtas (2):

Declension of sviẽtas
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) sviẽtas sviẽtai
genitive (kilmininkas) sviẽto sviẽtų
dative (naudininkas) sviẽtui sviẽtams
accusative (galininkas) sviẽtą svietùs
instrumental (įnagininkas) svietù sviẽtais
locative (vietininkas) svietè sviẽtuose
vocative (šauksmininkas) sviẽte sviẽtai

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